Jul 16 2010
John Cassidy
Economics Writer for The New Yorker, Author of How Markets Fail
John Cassidy is one of the world’s leading business journalists. A writer at The New Yorker and a contributor to The New York Review of Books, he has covered economics and finance there since 1995, writing on topics ranging from Alan Greenspan to the Iraqi oil industry and English journalism. He is also a financial commentator for the BBC and Contributing Editor at Conde Nast Portfolio where he writes the monthly Economics section column.
“John Cassidy is a highly respected financial journalist”
John Cassidy joined the Sunday Times, in London, in 1986, and served as the paper’s Washington bureau chief for three years, and then as its business editor, from 1991 to 1993. From 1993 to 1995, he was at the New York Post, where he edited the Business section and then served as the deputy editor. He is the author of the highly successful ‘Dot.con: How America Lost Its Mind and Money in the Internet Era’ which examines the dot-com bubble, and ‘How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities’ which combines a sceptical history of economics with an analysis of the housing bubble and credit bust. Two of his articles have been nominated for National Magazine Awards. [/expand]
Using psychology and behavioural economics thought, John Cassidy shares his views with worldwide audiences about the crisis as well as the political and ideological factors behind the global meltdown. He provides unmatched analysis of the important current economic issues.[/expand]
John Cassidy illuminates complex issues with great clarity, in an eloquent and astute manner.[/expand]
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Topics
The Global Meltdown
The Financial Crisis
Behavioural Economics
The Future Economic Landscape
Publications
2009
How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities
2003
Dot.con: How America Lost Its Mind and Money in the Internet Era
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